House of the Rising Sun

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Miriam Makeba

Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist. more »

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1994

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There is a house in New Orleans 
They call the Rising Sun 
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl, 
And me, oh Lord is one 

If I had listened to what my mother said 
I'd have been at home today, 
But I was young and foolish, Oh God 
Let a gambler lead me astray 

My mother is a taylor 
She sews those new blue jeans 
My sweetheart is a drunkard, Lord 
Down in New Orleans 

The only thing a drunkard needs 
Is a suitcase and a trunk 
The only time he's satisfied 
Is when he's on a drunk 

He'll fill his glasses to the brim 
He passes them around 
And the only pleasure he gets out of life 
Is bumming from town to town 

Go tell my baby sister, 
Never do what I have done 
To shun that house in New Orleans 
They call the Rising Sun 

It's one foot on the platform 
And the other one on the train 
I'm going back to New Orleans 
To wear that ball and chain 

I'm goin' back to New Orleans 
My race is almost run 
I'm goin' back to spend my life 
Beneath that Rising Sun

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